thanks all. i took amantadine once and it caused my brain to feel SO bad that i stopped it. in retrospect, maybe i shouldn't have.
i sent blood in for cytokine and nk cell function testing today. also, i am in the process of convincing someone to let me have the HHV6 IgG EA test, which is not commercially available. this will surely give me a clue as to whether the infection is active. when all the results come in, i will decide what to do next.
since azt helped me, i talked to the doctor about taking 400 mg BID, which is more than is considered safe nowadays. i just want to see what would happen, since increasing to 300 BID started to really help. i asked my doc if the high dose could harm me in a couple of months, and he said probably not.
i am still feeling really weird in the lower abdomen area and dont want to take vistide anymore. i called chimerix again...they really hate me over there now (lol) and made it clear to me that they will not give cmx001 to anyone for HHV6. i guess peterson is going to try it for cmv? i have no idea.
i wonder if there is also a possibility of lower-dose vistide (3mg/kg) + valcyte.....i have been told "no" so far.
xoxo
ps..forgot to mention...the chimerix people told me it will be at least 3 more years for cmx001 to come to market.